Sunday, 28 June 2015

Cernobbio North Italy

Hi

Cernobbio is a small quiet town located about 10 minutes from Como by boat, a few minutes more by road.

A sleepy little town.

The boat pier





The boats are an excellent way of getting around, you can by an all day pass for 25 Euros, an extra 5 Euros to include the high speed boats








The view as you walk away from the boat pier







View back out to the lake







Pretty place








Bit of a bric a brac market on Saturdays









One of the Lakeside hotels, with another part shown to the left






The sign obscured by the canopy but the bar/restaurant is simply called harry`s bar, been there, quite nice, not the cheapest but you`re part paying for location and view.
Food & service fine.














Sunday, 21 June 2015

Bratislava beer stop

Hi

I recently visited Bratislava the Slovakian capital.
Flew Ryan Air from London Luton, uneventful flight.

I chose to stay in the Park Inn Danube Radisson hotel which is very centrally located and found a good price of 50 Euros through a booking agent.

Room and service fine



























A nice glass of Slovak beer once out and about, quite cheap IMO, at just 2 Euros

Nice meal of beef steak with chopped bacon on top as well as roast potatoes, that came to 10 Euros, quite good value for a European capital city.









Sunday, 14 June 2015

Great rack Vienna Austria

Very popular beer garden/restaurant in Vienna

Enormous portions, about 16.90 Euros for the tray in the picture.

Good quality and service.







Recommended if you are hungry

1130 Wien Am Platz 5 


Tel:   8795970



soi Rambuttri Bangkok

Hi

I recently stayed a couple of nights at a hotel on soi Rambuttri, in the Phra Nakorn area of Bangkok, very close to the much better known Khao San Road.

soi Rambuttri is approximately 1 km. long with a variety of bars,restaurants and guesthouse and hotels

A pleasant soi to stroll along, quite a mix of visitors, from local expats to backpackers and other tourists.
Fairly near to some Bangkok tourist attractions, such as The Grand Palace,The Emerald Buddha and The Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

Some pictures from the soi :

















Plate of  chicken fried rice from one of the modest restaurants there, cost about 60 baht/less than US$2 





One of  the smaller sub sois off soi Rambuttri.
   






This hotel had some very reasonably priced meal options.